Tree/bush root problem what tree is this/these

Hi
I was going to dig over my borders this week as my garden has been neglected for a while. what can i do to remove roots from these trees/bushes.
first off i don't know what they are so maybe this would be a start if you can help identify them.



thanks in advance.. Martin

 

looks like Beech to me.
They do seed prolifically - I'm always pulling them up.

 

The first and last snaps look like beech, the others look like rhodedendrons. Now that IS a weed.

Cheers, Tony.

 

I was going to say Laurel with a bit of Hazel

 

i think your right with the laurel as the name rings a bell with the mrs would it be a cherry laurel? their roots are everywhere. its going to break my back digging them up :(

 

I agree one of them is Laurel.

 

I'm sure the large leaves are a type of laurel especially because you can see previous suckers and it looks as though it's suckering from the roots now. I don't think it's possible to get round the digging but I would dig a little bit distant from the stubs of the trunk and try to get at the smaller roots, cut as many as possible of the roots and then gradually get closer and closer to the stumps. Then dig from underneath loosening the biggest stumps. The good news is that the suckers are easier to remove and that means once they're gone they're gone!

 

I would say there is Hazel or possibly Beech with the Laurel and the others that are under the trampoline (?) could be Cherry; I've seen them like this in a garden I've done some work in, in that case they are springing up from the roots (suckers); some several meters away from the main tree, they could also be Cherry 'seedlings'..

 

i decided to dig the whole garden over and sift the whole lot as there is a lot of rubble and stones as well as loads of tree roots. i reckon it will take me a week or more depends on how busy my work is. going to sift with 10mm for most of the middle where i wil lay seeds for a new lawn (at sometime over the year) and sift even smaller where i intend to grow fruit and veg and raise the level by a good 10" with scaffold boards or similar.

 

Hmm!
I fear it will take a lot longer to dig out those stumps AND sift the soil.
After having Prunus laurocerasus growing there the soil will be very very poor.
For your fruit and veg you will need to add lots and lots of manure, compost, leaf mould etc etc to get some organic matter into it.

 

the first thing i want to do before ordering any manure or compost is get started sifting. the part of the garden i am digging is around 24ft by 30ft not overly massive but big enough. i will get some manure in when i start not sure how much as it will be mostly lawn with about 1/4 of the garden for fruit/veg

 

I would say that the first lot are Hazel and the second lot Laurel.

 

i have found them roots and and i can see me having fun digging them out. shall i put some poison in the stump first to let it kill the roots and then dig them out or just dig them out and hope i dont miss any